Chekrovolu Swuro

Chekrovolu Swuro's moment of glory came when she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Swuro, who started her career as an archer at the tender age of 16, was encouraged to take up the sport by her elder sister Vesuzolu, who was a prominent archer herself.

The Indian women's recurve archery team of L Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro earned three quota places for the London Games when they won a silver medal at the 46th World Archery Championship in Turin, Italy in July 2011.

The women's team won a silver medal in the meet and qualified for both team and individual events in the Olympics.

Chekrovolu Swuro Medal Record

2005: Bronze medal in the team recurve event at the Asian Archery Championship in New Delhi, India2006: Gold medal in the team recurve event at the Commonwealth Archery Championship in Jamshedpur, India2007: Bronze medal in the team recurve event at the 15th Asian Archery Championship China2007: Bronze medal in the team recurve event at the World Cup Stage IV Dover, Great Britain2008: Bronze medal in the team recurve event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China2011: Bronze medal in the team recurve event at the World Cup Stage II Antalya, Turkey2011: Silver medal in the team recurve event at the 46th World Championships at Turin in Italy2011: Silver medal in the team recurve event at he World Cup Stage III Ogden, USA2011: Gold medal in the team recurve event at the World Cup Stage IV at Shanghai, China2011: Bronze medal in the team recurve event at the 17th Asian Archery Championship in Iran

This is the second time Swuro has qualified for the Olympics. She qualified for the 2004 Athens Olympics but was dropped from the Indian archery squad for reasons that remain sketchy to this day.

Planned to represent India at the 2012 London Olympic Games, Swuro will be the second Naga athlete to participate in the Olympics after a gap of 64 years. The first Naga Olympian was legendry Dr. T Ao who captained the Indian football team in 1948.

According to international sports rules and regulations, being a member of a team event in a qualifying tournament does not guarantee a berth in the final list and changes do take place when the final names are announced.

Swuro's first victory came at the Senior National Archery Championship at Rajasthan in 1996, where she clinched the silver medal in the individual category.

Three years later, Swuro claimed gold at the Junior National Archery Championship in Andhra Pradesh in 1999 followed by another gold medal at the National Games.

In 1999, she won a silver medal at the Asian Archery Circuit Meet. Swuro currently works as an assistant sub-inspector with the Nagaland Police. Her younger brother Thipovoyi Swuro has also represented the country in archery.